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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Jul 1;77(3):910–917. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.09.080

Table 3.

Population results for systematic and random errors in tumor, left lung, right lung, and spinal cord position relative to the first ABC helical CT scan (n = 9, except for right lung where one patient was excluded due to pleural effusion). All data reported in mm.

GTV
Left Lung
Right Lung
Spinal Cord
L-R A-P S-I L-R A-P S-I L-R A-P S-I L-R A-P S-I

Systematic Error (Σ)
3.6 3.9 6.7 1.4 1.3 3.4 1.0 0.7 3.3 0.8 0.7 2.0
Random Error (σ) 3.1 3.1 3.9 1.5 1.7 2.6 1.5 1.2 2.6 0.8 0.5 1.6

Abbreviations: L-R, A-P, and S-I represent left to right, anterior to posterior, and superior to inferior, respectively.